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Lanning Lee

Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Category: Fathers and Sons

Phraseology

My dad had a store of useful phrases for any occasion.Most memorable for me was, “I need X like I … More

#Fathers, #FathersandSons, #Language, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterFriday

To Give Again

“To another Valentine’s Day,” the older man said, lifting his pint. The two, sitting side by side, clinked glasses, took … More

#FathersandSons, #Love

Walking Through Downtown Honolulu

With her tousled white hair and shredded clothes, the elderly Japanese woman appears to be someone living on the street. … More

#Death, #Fathers, #FathersandSons, #Ghosts, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSunday

The Astronaut

When I was young, my dad told me he went to the moon on a big rocket ship.He said it was … More

#FathersandSons, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

No Turning Back

He wasn’t the type who’d say, This is my old lady. He introduced my mom by her nickname only, never … More

#FathersandSons, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Target

He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park.  They would draw back the bow string, close their … More

#Animals, #Childhood, #FathersandSons, #FlashFictionFeb, #food, #Hawaii, #Learning, #ShortStory, #WriterFriday

Then and Now

I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish.  Coming to … More

#Aging, #FathersandSons, #Ghosts, #Hawaii, #OldAge, #ShortStory, #Time, #WriterMonday

The Swimming Lesson

            When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More

#Childhood, #Death, #FathersandSons, #FlashFictionFeb, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Swimming, #TakingChances, #WriterSunday

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 7, The Good Old Summertime

If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More

#Childhood, #Education, #family, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #Memoir, #Summer, #Travel, #Vacations, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt, NaNoWriMo2020

The Wrong Place (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 12)

Recovering himself, Chan said.  “We found heroin in Cal’s locker at Siu Lum Pai.  He stole it from one of the Mexicans … More

#CrimeFiction, #Death, #Drugs, #FathersandSons, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt

Footsteps (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 11)

Father and son sat on the lānai of their Punchbowl home.  The sunset was one of those spectacular Hawaiian ones so … More

#CrimeFiction, #FathersandSons, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Relationships, #WriterFriday, #WritingPrompt

The Loss of a Son (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 10)

Chan gathered himself in the corridor outside Conrad Jones’s room.  Now he would have to tell him about his son’s death.  One … More

#CrimeFiction, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

No Kidding Around (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 9)

Sure enough, there was a duffle bag in the locker.  It contained three large bags of white powder. The next morning, … More

#CrimeFiction, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt, Drugs, Family

Family Moments (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 8)

Late that evening, nothing else breaking, David Chan staggered home to get food and a few hours of sleep.  It turned … More

#family, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday, #WritingPrompt
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